1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. To help pay for the war, King George and the British Parliament made what decision? | Tax the colonists | 2. What tax law did Parliament create in 1764? | The Sugar Act | 3. What 3 imports did the Sugar Act tax? | Sugar, coffee, cloth | 4. What tax law did Parliament create in 1765? | The Stamp Act | 5. What did the Stamp Act tax? | Anything printed on paper | 6. Who did the colonists think should be able to create new taxes for the colonies, the British Parliament or their local elected representatives? | Local elected representatives | 7. Who was an important leader of the Sons of Liberty? | Samuel Adams | 8. What was the goal of the Sons of Liberty? | To protest taxes imposed by parliament | 9. What was the outcome of the Stamp Act Congress that took place in October of 1765? | Merchants in large port cities agreed to hold a boycott of British goods | 10. What year did Parliament repeal, or cancel, the Stamp Act due to the protests and boycotts? | 1766 | 11. After the Stamp Act was cancelled, Britain still needed money to pay for governors and soldiers in the colonies, so it created what new tax law? | The Townshend Acts | 12. What imported goods were taxed with the Townshend Acts? | Tea, glass, lead, paints, and paper | 13. How did the colonists react to the Townshend Acts? | They were angry, threatened to use violence against tax officials | 14. As a response to the Townshend Acts, colonists boycotted British goods. What did the Daughters of Liberty do to help the cause? | They wove their own cloth to make clothes. | 15. Because of the boycott on British goods, on what 4 items did parliament remove the tax? | Glass, lead, paints, paper | 16. Why did the British choose NOT to remove the tax on tea? | They wanted to show they still had power to tax the colonies |
To help pay for the war, King George and the British Parliament made what decision?&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 16)
What tax law did Parliament create in 1764?&choe=UTF-8
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What 3 imports did the Sugar Act tax?&choe=UTF-8
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What tax law did Parliament create in 1765?&choe=UTF-8
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What did the Stamp Act tax?&choe=UTF-8
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Who did the colonists think should be able to create new taxes for the colonies, the British Parliament or their local elected representatives?&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 16)
Who was an important leader of the Sons of Liberty?&choe=UTF-8
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What was the goal of the Sons of Liberty?&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 16)
What was the outcome of the Stamp Act Congress that took place in October of 1765?&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 16)
What year did Parliament repeal, or cancel, the Stamp Act due to the protests and boycotts?&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 16)
After the Stamp Act was cancelled, Britain still needed money to pay for governors and soldiers in the colonies, so it created what new tax law?&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 16)
What imported goods were taxed with the Townshend Acts?&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 16)
How did the colonists react to the Townshend Acts?&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 16)
As a response to the Townshend Acts, colonists boycotted British goods. What did the Daughters of Liberty do to help the cause?&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 16)
Because of the boycott on British goods, on what 4 items did parliament remove the tax?&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 16)
Why did the British choose NOT to remove the tax on tea?&choe=UTF-8
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